Drumming

St James Anglican Church 191 Hotchkiss Street (John Street door), Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada

Board of Directors Meeting

Zoom Meeting

This is the monthly Board of Directors Meeting. This month will feature a guest speaker: Mary Sue Robinet who is the new Indigenous Patient Navigator at South Muskoka Memorial Hospital in Bracebridge. General members of our membership (2023 active) can attend these meetings as observers. If interested, email: muskokafriendshipcentre@gmail.com to receive the zoom link.

NuYah Cookie Baking

St James Anglican Church 191 Hotchkiss Street (John Street door), Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada

One thing about winter and celebrating the New Year or NuYah is the beloved cookie referred to as NuYah Cookie or Indian Cookie. Its a Haudenosaunee tradition to give out these cookies to your family on the New Year. Old folks say that these were made into little doll shaped cookies and given out to...

National Ribbon Skirt Day

Wear your ribbon skirts or shirts with pride! Now that a National Ribbon Skirt Day bill has passed in parliament. It started with the shaming of a young Indigenous girl in Saskatchewan when she wore a ribbon skirt for the school's "formal dress" day. She was told that her ribbon skirt was not appropriate, and...

Tobacco Tie Making

St James Anglican Church 191 Hotchkiss Street (John Street door), Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada

To some, making tobacco ties is commonplace, however, to others it isn't. This activity is to introduce members reconnecting to their culture a safe place to ask questions, learn more about the sacred medicines, and protocol on approaching Elders with tobacco ties.